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Revived said:

I call it marinating.

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Anything having to do with food is fine... cuz seriously, when you're hungry for it, you're HUNGRY for it. You just get to a point where you just want to consume those words and all of its wisdom and savor it.


(excuse me )

Matthew 5:6

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
for they will be filled.

Proverbs 3:5-6 (New International Version)

5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding; 6 in all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will make your paths straight. [a]

There are 4 words that relate to this verse that God has been having me repeat the past few days... and they've helped me regain my focus and fill me with more peace He really is trustworthy!

So true sis. My thing is really letting go...I hate the fact that I still struggle with control issues.

The Biblegateway.com verse of the day:
“But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”- Matthew 1:20-21

John 16:33"I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."

Romans 14: 12-13, 19

So then every one of us shall give account ofhimself to God.

Let us not therefore judge one another any more; but judge this rather, that no man put a stumbling block or an occassion to fall in his brother's way.

Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.




I'm trying to make sense of the rest of the chapter, but I thought those scriptures pretty significant.

Psalm 126

When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with the singing: then said they among the heathen, The Lord hath done great things for them. The Lord hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad. Turn again our capitivity, O Lord, as the streams in the south. They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearting precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.

Biblegateway.com:

“Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has come and has redeemed his people. He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David (as he said through his holy prophets of long ago),”- Luke 1:68-70

Colossians 3:13-14

Bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord forgave you, so also should you. Beyond all these things put on love, which is the perfect bond of unity.

Jeremiah 44:16-17 "As for the word that you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we will not listen to you! But we will certainly do whatever has gone out of our own mouth..."

Wow, this is a powerful verse here... My first instinct is to get judgmental on these people and say how stupid are they, but man have I done this same thing or what? It's not just that I've done things against what God has commanded, I've done things like that before willingly, in full knowledge of what God says. There are sometimes where I just think I know what's best for my body and that I need to do this or that, when I know God says I shouldn't, and instead of heeding His word and denying my flesh, I do what I feel is right and good for me selfishly. What's worse is a situation like this verse, where it's not just the word of the Lord, it's being conveyed through someone. I've done things that I knew were wrong in the sight of the Lord, and against the advice of a friend. That's like the double whammy of screw-ups.

But it's tough, realizing that when I sin, it's not like I can claim ignorance anymore. Anytime I sin, I do so knowing well what God's word says and how stupid can I be to listen to my own words and to my own urges over the word of the Lord! So that's my thought right now, thought I'd share. Love you guys!

Interesting verse Kev. This mentality, unfortunately, can slip into our lives at any point, often to the detriment of our close relationships. When we're in this pattern of thinking, we insist upon operating the same way we've always operated, figuring it has worked before so it must be right...when in actuality it worked because God was gracious, hoping we'd grow and learn from our mistakes.

This is one of the reasons why we must be determined to obey God at all costs...at the cost of our old way of thinking, our old way of doing things and our old way of judging others.

This was probably posted a million times but reminders are cool!

[FONT=Dauphin, Arial]"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always preserves."
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Very good points Kev and Revived.

Rocklee- THANK YOU! *hugs* I know I needed a good reminder on what love is.

Philippians 2:13

For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

2 Timothy 3:1-5 (New International Version) from Biblegateway.com

Godlessness in the Last Days

1But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. 2People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, 4treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— 5having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them.

Man, how many of these things have I done! The one that stands out the most though, is being a lover of pleasure rather than a lover of God.

Do I do this? Do I love pleasure more than I love God? I enjoy being happy, I enjoy vacations, I enjoy spending time with family and friends, I enjoy being at the lake, but do I love them more than I love God? Do I make time to do these things and ignore setting aside time with God.. just Him and I? God, how I desire to love You with all that I am, please forgive me for ever letting the love of pleasure get in the way of loving You.

Sis, I am SO with you on that. Praying for you, along with myself on this.

Biblegateway.com's Verse of the Day :
“And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him, to give his people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins, because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the rising sun will come to us from heaven”- Luke 1:76-78



And also wanted to share this :

Submit Yourselves to God

1What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don't they come from your desires that battle within you? 2You want something but don't get it. You kill and covet, but you cannot have what you want. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask God. 3When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.

4You adulterous people, don't you know that friendship with the world is hatred toward God? Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God. 5Or do you think Scripture says without reason that the spirit he caused to live in us envies intensely?[a] 6But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says:
"God opposes the proud
but gives grace to the humble."[b]
7Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up. 11Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it, but sitting in judgment on it. 12There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the one who is able to save and destroy. But you—who are you to judge your neighbor?


All I can say on this is WORD. I've found myself getting a lot more upset and fed up with others than usual, but this verse reminded me to stay humble. And that's what I want to be- humble. Before God and before everyone else.
So many times I try to put up this stance and it ends up becoming more of a pride thing than what it started out. I'm sorry if this doesn't make sense, not trying to win any points here. Just being real and honest as I can right now.

Anyhow, this chapter is so important, it touches on a lot of issues- A LOT. Like fighting, pride, talking badly about others and judging others. And corrects us- that who are we to judge someone else?

Again, all I can say is WORD. And it's great to get an awakening/renewal and I'm so glad I heard/read this. May I put it into action, Lord.

1 Corinthians 1:10-13 "Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. For it has been declared to me concerning you, my brethren, by those of Chloe's household, that there are contentions among you. Now I say this, that each of you says, 'I am of Paul,' or 'I am of Apollos,' or 'I am of Cephas,' or 'I am of Christ.' Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?"

The body of Christ keeps tearing itself apart and tearing away from each other and it really hurts me to see. I wish we could just drop all our denominations and come together in the Lord, Jesus Christ, being of one mind and being filled with love and represent the church the way Jesus intended it and not by our own fleshly, selfish intentions.

kevlite2020 said:

1 Corinthians 1:10-13 "Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. For it has been declared to me concerning you, my brethren, by those of Chloe's household, that there are contentions among you. Now I say this, that each of you says, 'I am of Paul,' or 'I am of Apollos,' or 'I am of Cephas,' or 'I am of Christ.' Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?"

The body of Christ keeps tearing itself apart and tearing away from each other and it really hurts me to see. I wish we could just drop all our denominations and come together in the Lord, Jesus Christ, being of one mind and being filled with love and represent the church the way Jesus intended it and not by our own fleshly, selfish intentions.

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Me too, Kev. Me too!

Interesting and true points.

Someone told me something the other day that really stayed with me. Something I very grateful for.

In the Spirit, there is one path and one goal; therefore, when you become a part of that body then you can relate to, connect with, and feel as a family with the others. It doesn't matter the denomination. It doesn't matter if it's an old friend or a stranger. Our histories or current situations don't matter.

There shouldn't be any division when it comes to the faith and support of each other. I agree wholeheartedly, and as I continue down the this path I'm finding that I don't want it any other way. You have the Spirit to tug at you and make right what isn't.

Ephesians 4 (The unity of the Spirit)

v4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;

v5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism,

v6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

v7 But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.



It does speak of one type of division that is acceptable, God given, and necessary. The division of what we are called to do, individually. It sharpens, edifies, and builds us up, .
God's version of division forms unity.

v11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some pastors and teachers;

v12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ;

v13 Till we allcome in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;

Thank you, sister.
Unity in Christ